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  1. Syngonanthus arthrotrichus and Syngonanthus bisulcatus, currently known for Comanthera aciphylla (Bong.) L.R.Parra & Giul. and Comanthera bisulcata (Koern.) L.R. Parra & Giul, popularly known in Brazil as “sempre...

    Authors: Leônia Maria Batista, Gedson Rodrigues De Morais Lima, Ana Beatriz Albino De Almeida, Luciana De Pietro Magri, Tamara Regina Calvo, Anderson Luiz Ferreira, Cláudia Helena Pellizzon, Clélia Akiko Hiruma-Lima, Wagner Vilegas, Paulo Takeo Sano and Alba Regina Monteiro Souza Brito
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:391
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  2. Numerous plants from have been investigated due to their anti-inflammatory activity and, among then, extracts or components of ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) and rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.), sources...

    Authors: Oselys Rodriguez Justo, Patricia Ucelli Simioni, Dirce Lima Gabriel, Wirla Maria da Silva Cunha Tamashiro, Paulo de Tarso Vieira Rosa and Ângela Maria Moraes
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:390
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  3. Liver fibrosis is a feature in the majority of chronic liver diseases and oxidative stress is considered to be its main pathogenic mechanism. Antioxidants including vitamin E, are effective in preventing liver...

    Authors: Xiang-lan Wei, Ru-tang Fang, Yong-hua Yang, Xue-yuan Bi, Guo-xia Ren, A-li Luo, Ming Zhao and Wei-jin Zang
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:389
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  4. Rhei Rhizoma (RR) has been widely used as laxative and processed to alter its therapeutic actions or reduce its side effects. In this study, we evaluated experimentally the clinical application guideline that ...

    Authors: Yeomoon Sim, Hyein Oh, Dal-Seok Oh, Namkwon Kim, Pil Sung Gu, Jin Gyu Choi, Hyo Geun Kim, Tong Ho Kang and Myung Sook Oh
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:388
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  5. Chinese medicine xiangshaliujunzi decoction (XSLJZD) plays a key role in treating functional dyspepsia (FD), a common clinical gastrointestinal disorder. However, the mechanism of this disease is unclear. Brai...

    Authors: Jing Liu, Feng Li, Xu-Dong Tang, Jie Ma, Xin Ma, Dong-Yu Ge, Gen-Mao Li and Yong Wang
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:387
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  6. The efficacy of ginsenoside treatment on cognitive decline in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has yet to be investigated. In this protocal, we conducted a systematic review to evaluate the effect of ...

    Authors: Chenxia Sheng, Weijun Peng, Zi-an Xia, Yang Wang, Zeqi Chen, Nanxiang Su and Zhe Wang
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:386
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  7. The threat posed by drug-resistant pathogens has resulted in the increasing momentum in research and development for effective alternative medications. The antioxidant and antibacterial properties of phytochem...

    Authors: Nazeh M. Al-Abd, Zurainee Mohamed Nor, Marzida Mansor, Fadzly Azhar, M. S. Hasan and Mustafa Kassim
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:385
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  8. Salvia libanotica (S. Libanotica) is a commonly used herb in folk medicine in Lebanon and the Middle East. The present study aimed to assess the scientific basis for the therapeutic use of S. libanotica in glycem...

    Authors: Maya Bassil, Costantine F Daher, Mohammad Mroueh and Nadine Zeeni
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:384
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  9. Due to their genetic proximity, chimpanzees share with human several diseases including bacterial, fungal and viral infections, such as candidiasis, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), Ebola virus dise...

    Authors: Angora Rémi Constant Ahoua, Amoin Georgette Konan, Bassirou Bonfoh and Mamidou Witabouna Koné
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:383
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  10. Senile dementia mainly includes Alzheimer' s disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VD). AD is a progressive and irreversible neurodegenerative disorder that is accompanied with a great deal of social burden. The...

    Authors: Min Liu, Haibiao Guo, Chuyuan Li, Deqin Wang, Jingang Wu, Canmao Wang, Jiangping Xu and Ren-an Qin
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:382
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  11. Summer acupoint herbal patching (SAHP) has been widely used in China for thousands of years. This bibliometric analysis aims to provide a comprehensive review of the characteristics of clinical studies on SAHP...

    Authors: Fen Zhou, Dan Yang, Jing-yu Lu, Yan-fu Li, Kai-yue Gao, Ya-jing Zhou, Ruo-xue Yang, Juan Cheng, Xiao-xiong Qi, Lily Lai, George Lewith and Jian-ping Liu
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:381
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  12. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is one of the common male diseases, which is provoked by dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and androgen signals. Several studies showed that curcumin has various effects of preventio...

    Authors: Su Kang Kim, Hosik Seok, Hae Jeong Park, Hye Sook Jeon, Sang Wook Kang, Byung-Cheol Lee, Jooil Yi, Sang Yeol Song, Sang Hyub Lee, Young Ock Kim and Joo-Ho Chung
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:380
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  13. Catharanthus roseus is an important Ayurvedic medication in traditional medicine. It is potentially used in countries like India, South Africa, China and Malaysia for the healing of diabetes mellitus. Although, t...

    Authors: Waleed M. Al-Shaqha, Mohsin Khan, Nasir Salam, Arezki Azzi and Anis Ahmad Chaudhary
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:379
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  14. Chronic kidney disease poses a serious health problem worldwide with increasing prevalence and lack of effective treatment. This study aimed to investigate the mechanism of icariin in alleviating chronic renal...

    Authors: Zhongdi Huang, Liqun He, Di Huang, Shi Lei and Jiandong Gao
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:378
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  15. Xingnaojing (XNJ), a well known prescription in traditional Chinese medicine, has been used for treatment of stroke in China. However, the effects and mechanisms of XNJ on autophagy are not clear. Here, we use...

    Authors: Gang Wei, YueChun Huang, Fei Li, FeiJian Zeng, YiWei Li, RuDong Deng, YingTao Lai, JianHong Zhou, GuiHua Huang and DongFeng Chen
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:377
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  16. The present study aims to probe the impact of polarity dependent extraction efficiency variation on pharmacological spectrum of Datura innoxia Mill. in order to reconnoiter its underexplored therapeutic potential...

    Authors: Humaira Fatima, Komal Khan, Muhammad Zia, Tofeeq Ur-Rehman, Bushra Mirza and Ihsan-ul Haq
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:376
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  17. Bael (Aegle marmelos (L.) Corr.) has been widely used in indigenous systems of Indian medicine to exploit its medicinal properties including astringent, antidiarrheal, antidysenteric, demulcent, antipyretic, anti...

    Authors: Yarasi Gayathri Ramakrishna, Kumarasamy Savithri, Manfred Kist and Sivasitamparam Niranjali Devaraj
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:375
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  18. While the Albizia adianthifolia (Schumach.) W. Wright (Fabaceae) is a traditional herb largely used in the African traditional medicine as analgesic, purgative, antiinflammatory, antioxidant, antimicrobial, memor...

    Authors: Galba Jean Beppe, Alain Bertrand Dongmo, Harquin Simplice Foyet, Théophile Dimo, Marius Mihasan and Lucian Hritcu
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:374
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  19. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Suxiao Jiuxin Pill (SX), a traditional Chinese medicine, on acute myocardial ischemia induced by coronary occlusion in anesthetized dogs.

    Authors: Zhiqiang Lu, Yanjun Zhang, Pengwei Zhuang, Jinbao Zhang, Huifang Zhou, Mixia Zhang, Xinpeng Yang, Jinlei Wang, Dan Liu and Yongling Tong
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:373
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  20. The relation between tongue color and gastroesophageal disease is unclear. This study was done to investigate the associations between tongue color (TC), endoscopic findings, Helicobacter.pylori infection status,...

    Authors: Mosaburo Kainuma, Norihiro Furusyo, Yoshihisa Urita, Masaharu Nagata, Takeshi Ihara, Takeshi Oji, Toshiya Nakaguchi, Takao Namiki and Jun Hayashi
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:372
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  21. Chungsimyeonja-eum (CSYJE) is an herbal prescription used in traditional Oriental medicine for treating cerebral infarction by reducing ischemic damage. However, the effects of CSYJE on inflammation have not b...

    Authors: Hye-Sun Lim, Kim Yeji, Chang-Seob Seo, Sae-Rom Yoo, Seong-Eun Jin, Hyeun-Kyoo Shin and Soo-Jin Jeong
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:371
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  22. In traditional oriental medicine, A. fistulosum and V. mandshurica are considered to be effective in promoting blood circulation. Therefore, in this study, we investigated whether a solution containing both A. fi...

    Authors: Yoon-Young Sung, Seung-Hyung Kim, Byoung Wan Yoo and Ho Kyoung Kim
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:370
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  23. Increased wound healing efficiency by Se2+ added Carica papaya L. (Caricaceae) fruit extract was linked to increased antioxidant and anti-inflammatory responses during healing.

    Authors: Abdulrazaq Bidemi Nafiu and Mohammad Tariqur Rahman
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:369
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  24. People with prehypertension (120–130/80–90 mmHg) are at increased risk of progressing to hypertension. Recommendations for prehypertension include engaging in regular physical activity. We aimed to assess feas...

    Authors: Kelly McDermott, Deepak Kumar, Veronica Goldman, Haojun Feng, Wolf Mehling, Judith T. Moskowitz, Richard B. Souza and Frederick M. Hecht
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:368
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  25. Resistances to currently available drugs and insecticides, significant drug toxicities and costs and lack of vaccines currently complicated the treatment of malaria. A continued search for safe, effective and ...

    Authors: Abrham Belachew Muluye, Eshetie Melese and Getnet Mequanint Adinew
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:367
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  26. Flowers of Punica granatum L. (Punicaceae) var. pleniflora, known as “Golnar” in Iranian traditional medicine have been used for the prevention and treatment of foodborne diseases. In this study, antibacterial ac...

    Authors: Arash Mahboubi, Jinous Asgarpanah, Parisa Nosrati Sadaghiyani and Mehrdad Faizi
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:366
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  27. Cancer as a multistage process can be reversed or blocked by using chemopreventive agents. Colon cancer chemoprevention has been widely investigated using cyclooxygenase inhibitors and many other chemicals of ...

    Authors: Biniyam Girma, Getnet Yimer and Eyasu Makonnen
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:365
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  28. Rhododendron leaf extracts were previously found to exert antimicrobial activities against a range of Gram-positive bacteria. In this study, we investigated which of the extracts with ...

    Authors: Ahmed Rezk, Alaa Al-Hashimi, Warren John, Hartwig Schepker, Matthias S. Ullrich and Klaudia Brix
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:364
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  29. Corydalis bungeana Turcz. (CB; family: Corydalis DC.) is an anti-inflammatory medicinal herb used widely in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for upper respiratory tract infection, etc., but its anti-inflamma...

    Authors: Zi-Bo Dong, Yong-Hong Zhang, Bing-Jie Zhao, Chao Li, Gang Tian, Ben Niu, Hong Qi, Liang Feng and Jian-Guo Shao
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:363
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  30. This study developed and tested a sociobehavioral wellness model of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to differentiate predisposing factors, enabling resources, need, and personal health practices a...

    Authors: Dawn M. Upchurch and Bethany Wexler Rainisch
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:362
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  31. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we determined brain regions that were activated/deactivated more by acupuncture at Taixi (KI3) than by non-acupoint or sham acupuncture.

    Authors: Bo Zhu, Yanjie Wang, Guifeng Zhang, Huailiang Ouyang, Jiping Zhang, Yu Zheng, Shaoqun Zhang, Chunxiao Wu, Shanshan Qu, Junqi Chen, Yong Huang and Chunzhi Tang
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:361
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  32. Orthosiphon stamineus (OS) Benth is a medicinal plant and native in Southeast Asia. Pharmacological effects of OS are attributed to the presence of lipophilic flavones. However; lipophilic compounds suffer from p...

    Authors: Armaghan Shafaei, Kameh Esmailli, Elham Farsi, Abdalrahim F. A. Aisha, Amin Malik Shah Abul Majid and Zhari Ismail
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:360
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  33. The replacement of lost cardiac tissues by regenerated myocardium would be a therapeutic ideal for myocardial infarction. The objective of this study was therefore to evaluate the ability of an active fraction...

    Authors: Huiyan Qu, Zhou Feng, Zhongyu Li, Censing Li, Mingfeng Tang, Zhen Zhou, Dianbin Li, Yongming Liu, Ming Li and Hua Zhou
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:359
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  34. The popularity of non-conventional treatments, especially the consumption of herbs is showing an increasing tendency all over the world. The consumption of herbal medicines might cause several complications du...

    Authors: Sándor Árpád Soós, Norbert Jeszenői, Katalin Darvas and László Harsányi
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:358
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  35. The implementation of new public healthcare models that stimulate the use of natural products from traditional medicine, as a so-called integrated medicine, refers to an approach that use best of both conventi...

    Authors: Izabel Cristina Gomes de Mendonça, Isabel Cristina Celerino de Moraes Porto, Ticiano Gomes do Nascimento, Naiana Soares de Souza, José Marcos dos Santos Oliveira, Rodolfo Elleson dos Santos Arruda, Kristiana Cerqueira Mousinho, Aldenir Feitosa dos Santos, Irinaldo Diniz Basílio-Júnior, Abhishek Parolia and Francisco Stefânio Barreto
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:357
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  36. Histamine is established as a potent inflammatory mediator and it is known to increased endothelial permeability by promoting gap formation between endothelial cells. Previous studies have shown that aqueous e...

    Authors: Yoke Keong Yong, Hoe Siong Chiong, Muhd Nazrul Somchit and Zuraini Ahmad
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:356
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  37. Satisfaction with medical doctor (MD) has been studied as a possible motivation for trying complementary medicine. This study aimed to explore the relationship between Korean outpatients’ satisfaction with the...

    Authors: Dongsu Kim, Byungmook Lim and Changhee Kim
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:355
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  38. Stress-related mental disorders (SRMD) are common and costly. Rehabilitation strategies, including pharmacotherapy, may be complicated to evaluate. Previous research has indicated increased quality of life and...

    Authors: Tobias Sundberg, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb and Torkel Falkenberg
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:354
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  39. Rice prolamin has been reported to possess antioxidative, anti-inflammatory and immune-promoting properties. This study is aimed to examine the protective effects of dietary rice prolamin extract (RPE) against...

    Authors: Hyun-Joong Yoon, Mi-Sun Jang, Hyun-Woo Kim, Dong-Up Song, Kwang-Il Nam, Choon-Sang Bae, Seong-Jin Kim, Seung-Rock Lee, Chang-Sub Ku, Dong-Il Jang and Bong-Whan Ahn
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:353
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  40. Qi-shen-yi-qi (QSYQ), one of the most well-known traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) formulas, has been shown to have cardioprotective effects in rats with heart failure (HF) induced by acute myocardial infarct...

    Authors: Jing Wang, Chun Li, Yuan Cao, Qiyan Wang, Linghui Lu, Hong Chang, Yan Wu, Jing Han, Wei Wang, Pengfei Tu and Yong Wang
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:352
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  41. Despite availability of a substantial number of potent synthetic drugs, medicinal plants are still playing a key role in the discovery of novel and effective drug molecules. Numerous researchers are focusing on t...

    Authors: Syed Muhammad Mukarram Shah and Syed Muhammad Hassan Shah
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:351
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  42. Studies on selected metabolites profiling of Orthosiphon stamineus extracts using chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques combined with chemometric tools have not been fully elucidated. Thus present study wa...

    Authors: Noor Hafizoh Saidan, Mohd Shahrul Ridzuan Hamil, Abdul Hakeem Memon, Maha Mansour Abdelbari, Mohammad Razak Hamdan, Khamsah Suryati Mohd, Amin Malik Shah Abdul Majid and Zhari Ismail
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:350
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  43. Plants provide an alternative source to manage various human disorders due to diverse metabolites. Euphorbia dracunculoides of family Euphorbiaceae is used by local practitioners in rheumatism, epilepsy, edema, s...

    Authors: Muhammad Majid, Muhammad Rashid Khan, Naseer Ali Shah, Ihsan Ul Haq, Muhammad Asad Farooq, Shafi Ullah, Anam Sharif, Zartash Zahra, Tahira Younis and Moniba Sajid
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:349
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  44. Sini-San (SNS) is a formulation of four Traditional Chinese Drugs that exhibits beneficial therapeutic effects in liver injury and hepatitis. However, there are no reports describing its effects on the hepatit...

    Authors: Hung-Jen Lin, Shung-Te Kao, Yu–Miao Siao and Chia-Chou Yeh
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:348
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  45. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common liver disease that is strongly associated with obesity and dysregulation of insulin in the liver. However, currently no pharmacological agents have been es...

    Authors: Kyung-A Hwang, Yu-Jin Hwang, Ga Ram Kim and Jeong-Sook Choe
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:347
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  46. Isoferulic acid (IFA), a naturally occurring cinnamic acid derivative, is a main active ingredient of the rhizoma of Cimicifuga dahurica. It has been shown various pharmacological activities. The aim of the study...

    Authors: Aramsri Meeprom, Weerachat Sompong, Tanyawan Suantawee, Thavaree Thilavech, Catherine B. Chan and Sirichai Adisakwattana
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:346
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  47. In the present study, we aimed to examine the anti-aging properties of human placental hydrolysate (HPE) and dieckol (DE) from Ecklonia cava against free radical scavenging, muscle hypertrophy-related follistatin...

    Authors: Su Kil Jang, Do Ik Lee, Seung Tae Kim, Gwang Hoon Kim, Da Woon Park, Jung Youl Park, Daehee Han, Jae Kwon Choi, Yoon-bok Lee, Nam-Soo Han, Yun Bae Kim, Jeongsu Han and Seong Soo Joo
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:345
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  48. Butylidenephthalide (Bdph), a main constituent of Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort., was reported to have selective antianginal effect without changing blood pressure in conscious rat. Recently, we have observed that B...

    Authors: Chung-Hung Shih, Yu-Jing Lin, Chi-Ming Chen and Wun-Chang Ko
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:344
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  49. Monsonia angustifolia (Geraniaceae) is a medicinal plant traditionally used in South Africa to increase libido and to treat erectile dysfunction.

    Authors: Gerda Fouche, Anthony J. Afolayan, Olubunmi A. Wintola, Tendani E. Khorombi and Jeremiah Senabe
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:343
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  50. Cirrhosis is associated with angiogenesis and disruption of hepatic vascular architecture. Yiguanjian (YGJ) decoction, a prescription from traditional Chinese medicine, is widely used for treating liver diseas...

    Authors: Ya-Ning Zhou, Yong-Ping Mu, Wen-Wei Fu, Bing-Bing Ning, Guang-Li Du, Jia-Mei Chen, Ming-Yu Sun, Hua Zhang, Yi-Yang Hu, Cheng-Hai Liu, Lie-Ming Xu and Ping Liu
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:342
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